Month: July 2020

Dragon Wrestlers Fall 30-6 to No. 10 Upper Iowa in NSIC Opener

FAYETTE, Iowa – The Minnesota State University Moorhead wrestling team dropped its Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference opener 30-6 to Upper Iowa on Thursday night in Fayette, Iowa.

The lone wins for MSUM (1-3, 0-1 NSIC) on the night came at 165 pounds, where sophomore Weston Dobler won a 5-3 overtime decision, and at 141 pounds, where junior Zach Scott won a 10-6 decision.

The dual started at 157 pounds, where Upper Iowa’s Mac Spotts won a 14-4 major decision over Nicholas Erbes. After Dobler won at 165 pounds over Tucker Black, the Peacocks won the next six matches, with four decisions, a major decision, and a tech fall. After Scott won at 141 pounds, freshman Riley Byklum lost a technical fall at 149 pounds to end the night.

The Dragons will next be in action on Friday night when they take on the Minnesota State Mankato Mavericks in Mankato, Minn. The dual is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

Upper Iowa 30, MSUM 6 (Dual started at 157 pounds)
157 – Mac Spotts (UI) maj. dec. Nicholas Erbes (MSUM) 14-4
165 – Weston Dobler (MSUM) dec. Tucker Black (UI) 5-3
174 – Josh Gundrum (UI) dec. Adam Blees (MSUM) 12-6.
184 – Dalton Hahn (UI) dec. Mitchell Kotschevar (MSUM) 6-0
197 – Nick Baumler (UI) maj. dec. Preston Lehmann (MSUM) 14-4
285 – Logan Hopp (UI) dec. Jordan Magnuson (MSUM) 5-3
125 – Maleek Williams (UI) dec. Cole Jones (MSUM) 16-10.
133 – Josh Walker (UI) tech fall Seth Hutchison (MSUM) 16-0
141 – Zach Scott (MSUM) dec. Hunter Slifka (UI) 10-6
149 – Damian Penichet (UI) tech fall Riley Byklum (MSUM) 16-0

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Paige has been receiving some criticism for comments she made during a recent conference call regarding The Current Women’s Revolution. While promoting the movie Fighting With My Family, which is based on her life, The Former WWE Divas Champion claimed that before The Revolution started, the problem with the progress in women’s wrestling was that the fans were not taking them seriously.
“It was never WWE holding the women back,” Paige said, via Gulf News. “It was the fans not taking them seriously. They wanted to see more of the male characters many years ago. It was a male dominated sport.”
Since The Attitude Era started in The Late 1990’s, WWE Women’s Matches were usually relegated to women being stripped down to as little clothing as possible. Bra & Panties Matches, which were a staple with the company for nearly a decade, ended in 2007 when WWE decided to move in a PG direction. From 2007 until The Women’s Revolution was officially coined in 2015, women’s matches would rarely be given any time and were usually not in a prime spot on the show.

“When I first started (in 2014), there were only five women there,” Paige said. “It was a struggle but WWE just believed in us. When I got into the ring, I wanted to prove to the fans that girls were capable of having good matches and sometimes, even better. That was kind of my mission from the get go. Now there’s obviously a revolution.”
Paige clarified her remarks on Twitter, saying that the blame laid on both the fans and the company, saying that it was “a two way street.”
“Fans back then would call us toilet breaks. It was only when the girls, the female superstars took it upon themselves to change the way anyone perceived us. AJ (Lee), the Bellas, myself and the WWE four horsewomen all the superstars wanted to create that change,” Paige wrote. “In reality what I said was it’s not all on WWE. Up until a few years ago women didn’t have the support from a lot of people.”
When a user stated that a lot of fans supported the women back then, Paige replied, “Absolutely you guys did. We loved that. But riddle me this, what about when the bra and panties matches were happening? Or when Michelle McCool, Gail Kim etc were busting their asses why wasn’t there an uproar then? All I’m saying is.. it’s a two way street.”

You can check out Paige’s tweets below:

Absolutely yes. Fans back then would call us toilet breaks. It was only when the girls, the female superstars took it upon themselves to change the way anyone perceived us. Aj, the bellas, myself and the WWE four horsewomen all the superstars wanted to create that change https://t.co/h3h1Va4fXR
— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) February 18, 2019

I know but people are sensitive these days. In reality what I said was it’s not all on WWE. Up until a few years ago women didn’t have the support from a lot of people. https://t.co/R0qhEgodwF
— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) February 18, 2019

Absolutely you guys did. We loved that. But riddle me this, what about when the bra and panties matches were happening? Or when Michelle McCool, Gail Kim etc were busting their asses why wasn’t there an uproar then? All I’m saying is.. it’s a two way street. https://t.co/lJl8lvoNp0
— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) February 18, 2019